Word: slowness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...remains weak. According to data from Thomson Reuters, the companies in the S&P 500 index are trading at an average 15 times expected earnings over the next 12 months. That's a completely typical valuation. But this isn't a completely typical business environment. If the recovery is slow, and unemployment remains high - and both seem likely - then even a typical valuation will seem too optimistic...
...long as humans have pounded drums and plucked strings, listening to music has affected people's sense of well-being, lifting their spirits and - as new research shows - calming their nerves. Literally. According to a study at Cleveland Clinic, music can slow the neuronal firings deep within the brain during surgery designed to treat Parkinson's patients...
This was due to a slow start, which left the Crimson in jeopardy of losing the important Ivy League matchup. The team came out unfocused, and gave up an early goal...
...fall season is important because how we do in the fall determines what regattas we are able to attend this upcoming spring and next fall,” junior captain Alan Palmer said. “We got off to a pretty slow start this season, but we are looking to move up the rankings substantially over the next couple of weeks, and our performance this weekend will definitely help...
...depends on him, his family, as well as his friends, his teachers and his community. But it also depends on us - on the kind of society we engender." The audience of some 2,000 - mostly major gay donors and activists, many of whom have been disappointed with Obama's slow movement on gay issues - stood and cheered. (See pictures of the gay-rights movement...